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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Case of the Golden Bullet by Grace Isabel Colbron and Augusta Groner: "Yes, sir, I think likely, sir," murmured Johann. "But if the
murderer could get into the house, how could he get into the
apartment?"
"There must have been a third key of which you knew nothing,"
answered Horn, turning to Muller again. "It's stranger still how
Fellner could have been shot, for the window-shutters were fastened
and quite uninjured, and both doors were locked on the inside."
As he said these words, Horn looked sharply at his subordinate; but
Muller's calm face did not give the slightest clue to his thoughts.
The experienced police commissioner was pleased and yet slightly
angered at this behaviour on the part of the detective. He knew
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